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Crossport, Idaho

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the South and West Boundary census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83805. It stands on Dobson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Moyie Springs quadrangle.

Crossport within Boundary County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

139 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Crossport between 1992 and 2020, burning about 200 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 5 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Debris and open burning29
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Fireworks4
Smoking3
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsFRENCH CONNECTION
6 September 2007Smoking20 acresIdaho Department of LandsMOYIE
5 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSILVER SPRING
3 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCRAWFISH
23 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMELVILLE ROAD
22 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsFIVE STARS
21 September 1996Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsKATKA
2 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestTOWER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boundary County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Crossport: 8 unknowns, 5 producers, 3 past producers, 2 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Arsenic, Iron, Sulfides, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Arsenopyrite VeinArsenic, Iron, SulfidesOccurrence
Gold Shaft Group ProspectLead, Silver, Copper, UraniumProspectGalena
Jane MineLead, SilverPast ProducerAnglesite
Lolo GroupGoldOccurrence
Moyie Yaak DistrictTungsten, Gold, Molybdenum, Lead, SilverProducerQUARTZ VEINS/SHEAR ZONE, PLACER
Pit No 1 Dist No 15 Cow CreekSand and Gravel, Construction, StoneProducer
Unnamed LocationCopperProspect
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Boundary County

Storms near this place

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crossport in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2012FloodCrossport-Kootenai Trail Road was inundated with water from Cow Creek.

Every storm recorded in Boundary County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Moyie Springs2.5 miles12
Katka4.6 miles12
Threemile Corner4.6 miles12
Bonners Ferry5.1 miles12
Eileen6.0 miles12
Schnoors6.3 miles12
Allens Spur8.2 miles12
Meadow Creek8.9 miles12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122569501The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396347. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.